COM

com-

(word root) with, together, in associationExamples of words with the root com-: combine

com

the internet domain name for (Computer Science) a commercial company

COM

(kɒm) n (Computer Science) a. a process in which a computer output is converted direct to microfiche or film, esp 35 or 16 millimetre filmb. (as modifier): a COM machine. [(C)omputer (O)utput on (M)icrofilm]

COM

(kɒm)

n. Comedy Central (a cable television channel).

com-

, a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it and its variants meant “with,” “together with,” and denoted joint or simultaneous action ( colloquy; confer; convene), partnership ( colleague), union ( coitus; colleat; combine), or enclosure (content), or marked the completed nature of the action of a verb (conclude; confection); com- is used before b, p, m (combine; compare; commingle). For variants before other sounds, see co-, col-¹, con-, cor-. [< Latin cum with]

Com.

1. Commander. 2. Commission. 3. Commissioner. 4. Committee. 5. Commodore. 6. Commonwealth.

com.

1. comedy. 2. comma. 3. command. 4. commander. 5. commerce. 6. commercial. 7. commission. 8. commissioner. 9. committee. 10. common. 11. commonly. 12. communications.

COM

Com

(astronomy) Coma Berenices

COM

(computer science) computer output on microfilm

COM

Abbr. for “customer’s own material.”

Com, Com.

In the lumber industry, abbr. for common.

COM

(programming)Component Object Model.

COM

(storage)Computer Output on Microfilm - see Enterprise Report Management.

com

(networking)(.com, "commercial") The top-level domainoriginally for American companies but, since the explosion ofthe World-Wide Web, used by most companies and for vanity domains of all types, whether in the US or not, often inaddition to country code domains like amazon.co.uk.

The term "dot com" is now widely used to refer to any Internetbusiness as in "My dot com turned into a dot bomb".

COM

(1) See computer-on-module.

(2) See computer output microfilm.

(3) (Component Object Model) A Microsoft architecture for building software modules (objects) that are executed in Windows. Parts of Windows itself and Microsoft's own applications are built as COM objects. Beginning with Windows 95 and Windows NT, COM provides the interfaces between objects, and Distributed COM (DCOM) allows them to run remotely.

COM Objects
COM objects can be small or large. They can be written in several programming languages and perform any kind of processing. Whenever it needs its services, a program can call the object, which can be run remotely over a network, originally known as "Distributed COM" (DCOM).

Automation (OLE automation)
Standard applications, such as word processors and spreadsheets, can be written to expose their internal functions as COM objects, allowing them to be "automated" instead of manually selected from a menu. For example, a script could be written to extract data from a database, summarize and chart it in a spreadsheet and place the results into a text document. See COM automation.

Controls(OLE controls, ActiveX controls)
Applications can invoke COM objects, called "controls," that blend in and become just another part of the program. An industry of third-party, ready-made controls for the Windows programmer has been created. ActiveX controls can also be downloaded from the Internet to make a Web page perform any kind of processing. See ActiveX control.

Compound Documents and ActiveX Documents
Microsoft's OLE compound documents are based on COM, which lets one document be embedded within or linked to another (see OLE). ActiveX Documents are extensions to OLE that allow a Web browser, for example, to view not only Web pages, but any kind of document (see ActiveX Documents).

Programming Interfaces
Increasingly, Microsoft is making its standard programming interfaces conform to the COM object model so that there is continuity between all interfaces. See DAO, ADO and OLE DB.

It Can Be Confusing

Microsoft first used the term OLE to refer to its COM-based architecture, then later dropped that designation in favor of ActiveX. Since both OLE and ActiveX are based on COM, the term COM is also used. As a result, any combination of the words COM, OLE and ActiveX followed by the words control, object and component may mean the same thing, or they may not, depending on context.

COM Objects

Any kind of program, small or large, can be written as a COM object. It can be run locally or remotely via DCOM. The terms COM object, ActiveX object and ActiveX component are synonymous.

COM

Acronym	Definition
COM➣Commercial (Internet top level domain)
COM➣Common
COM➣Communications
COM➣Command (File Name Extension)
COM➣Component Object Model (Microsoft)
COM➣Component Oriented Middleware
COM➣Complete (railroads)
COM➣Community
COM➣Cost of Money (finance)
COM➣Customer's Own Material
COM➣Commercial
COM➣Change of Mission
COM➣Commander (US DoD)
COM➣College of Communication (Boston University)
COM➣College of Medicine
COM➣Center Of Mass
COM➣Customer Operations Manager
COM➣Committee of Management
COM➣Committee
COM➣Common Object Model
COM➣Chief of Mission
COM➣Chief Of Maintenance
COM➣Comedy Central (cable network)
COM➣Comedy
COM➣Comoros (ISO Country code)
COM➣Chain of Memories (Kingdom Hearts video game)
COM➣Commission On Ministry
COM➣Clinical Operations Manager
COM➣Communicate
COM➣Cost Of Manufacture
COM➣Council on Ministries
COM➣Center for Optics Manufacturing
COM➣Consequence Management
COM➣College of Marin
COM➣Cabinet of Ministers
COM➣Commodore
COM➣College of the Mainland (Texas City, Texas)
COM➣Council of Management (UK)
COM➣Captain of Marines
COM➣Contamination Monitor
COM➣Comma
COM➣Creepy Old Man
COM➣Colloidal Organic Matter
COM➣College of Osteopathic Medicine
COM➣Computer Output Microfiche
COM➣Continuous Opacity Monitor (environment)
COM➣Chronic Otitis Media
COM➣Count on Me
COM➣Commutator (part of an electric motor)
COM➣Contrat d'Objectifs et de Moyens (French: Contract Objectives and Means)
COM➣Collectivité d'Outre-Mer (French: Overseas Communities)
COM➣Cookie of the Month (various companies)
COM➣Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate
COM➣Culture, Organization and Management
COM➣Comite Olimpico Mexicano (Mexican olympic participation agency)
COM➣Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille (French: Oceanology Center of Marseilles; Marseilles, France)
COM➣Chosen of Mystra (gaming)
COM➣Campers on Mission
COM➣Computer Output Microfilm
COM➣Centre of Motion
COM➣Corporate Online Management
COM➣Continuation of Message
COM➣Component Object Model
COM➣Center Operator Manual
COM➣Computing
COM➣Computer on Module
COM➣Communication Port
COM➣Command
COM➣Company Operations Manual
COM➣Council of Mages (game)
COM➣Continuation Of Message (ATMF)
COM➣Component Object Module
COM➣Crown of Might (game)
COM➣Corporal of Marines
COM➣Colonel of Marines
COM➣Círculo de Oficiales de Mar (Argentina)
COM➣Council On Ministry (United Methodist Church)
COM➣Commissioned Officers Mess
COM➣Coal-Oil Mixture
COM➣Commodity Options Market
COM➣Collection Operations Management
COM➣Computer Operations Manual
COM➣Central Office Module
COM➣Coupling-Of-Mode
COM➣Commission on Overseas Mission
COM➣Cockpit Operating Manual
COM➣Conventiei Organizatiilor de Media (Romanian)
COM➣Character-Oriented Message
COM➣Cowl of Mortality (gaming)
COM➣Change Order Master
COM➣Country of Origin Minimum Check (city/airport code)
COM➣Commissary Operating Manual
COM➣Church of Miho (Megatokyo religion)
COM➣Customer's Own Merchandise
COM➣Crystallographic Orientation Matrix
COM➣Client-Owned Material
COM➣Computer-Output Microfilm/Microform